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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Neil Gaiman

Tags: parents horror scary 2002 mg Drawings

Description: I liked the movie better.

2009-04-19

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Type: fiction

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Author: Jill Pinkwater

Tags: school authority steamroller 1989 eccentrics

Description: Long sections of dialogue with no tags - though that wasn't the only thing that made thisLong sections of dialogue with no tags - though that wasn't the only thing that made this book completely confusing....

2009-03-06

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Linda Oatman High

Tags: ya pregnancy poems verse 2008

Description: Internal rhyme
didn't work
all of the time
But that's okay
it turnedInternal rhyme
didn't work
all of the time
But that's okay
it turned out fine
...

2009-02-25

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Tony Abbott

Tags: friendship 2006 mg Choices differences disfigurement

Description: This book was SLIM and STILL I SKIMMED it. That should tell you something.

2008-12-21

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Jay Asher

Tags: mystery ya suicide 2007

Description: I can give you thirteen reasons why this book SUCKED. Not right now though - not when I'mI can give you thirteen reasons why this book SUCKED. Not right now though - not when I'm on the spot like this....

2008-12-15

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Alex Bradley

Tags: relationships ya 2006

Description: URGH WHAT He did NOT even come CLOSE to dating all 24 girls.

Oh, uh ... SpoilerURGH WHAT He did NOT even come CLOSE to dating all 24 girls.

Oh, uh ... Spoiler alert....

2008-11-13

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Christopher Paolini

Tags: fantasy series ya dragons 2008

Description: UGH PAOLINI you could have cut like HALF OF THE BOOK

2008-11-07

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Laura Amy Schlitz

Tags: childrens illustrated drama newbery 2007 mg

Description: Ah, the monologues. But when you've got a monologue called "Nelly the Sniggler"Ah, the monologues. But when you've got a monologue called "Nelly the Sniggler" you really can't go wrong....

2008-10-09

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Gregory Maguire

Tags: 1994 Halloween seven

Description: Lots of occurrences of the number seven.

2008-10-05

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Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: M. T. Anderson

Tags: future scifi dystopia nba 2002

Description: So it was all "Show not tell," which seemed to work out. I wasn't too excitedSo it was all "Show not tell," which seemed to work out. I wasn't too excited with the world. It reminded me of Tantalize. Both needed ... I dunno ... better explanations for the way things were, I guess....

2008-09-23